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The State of Wisconsin

We the people URGE you to ELIMINATE DNR ACT 169 Section 2.B.1.. 238 wolves were killed this hunting season, that alone is 30% of the Wisconsin wolf populationand doesn't include natural and unreported illegal deaths- do we really need to add innocent dogs into the mix?

13 million American children in the USA are hungry, yet Wisconsin is wasting valuable taxmoney on a depredation program to eradicate a species that is important to the ecosystem.

Wisconsin is 65,560 sq miles, that is plenty of room for 800 wolves! Now there is even more room for the remaining 500+, an extremely small population.

It is not new news that wolves have been proven to help the ecosystem because they eliminate only weak animals which in turn causes herds to become stronger and healthier as a whole. Not only that, but, this also forces grazing animals to move around more often and prevents the over grazing of our precious land. In fact, studies have even shown that gray wolves have been known to help prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease, a contagious neurological disease in deer which has proved troublesome for Wisconsin in the past.

The legal hunting and trapping of wolves by itself is problematic as is; throwing dogs into the mix just makes things so much worse. Allowing hunting dogs to go after wolves is no different than dog fighting. Both species are apart of the canis lupus classification in taxonomy. Not only is dog fighting brutal and looked down upon by a majority of the population (and the world), but, it is a federal offense. In Wisconsin courts alone dog fighting is a Class I Felony, punishable by law for up to 3 years and 6 months in prison and a $10,000 fine. It is a mockery of our greatness as a nation that Wisconsin condones and recommends this wild version of dog fighting.

And as if the DNR could not be anymore problematic- they are now trying to propose allowing packs of dogs to train on wolves during denning and birthing season in March- with no quota. Not only is the idea of dogs tearing pregnant wolves and wolf cubs to shreds, stomach turning, it's cruel and a clear indication that the DNR has a lust for blood. With no set quota on the number of wolves allowed to be "harvested" the small remaining population of Wisconsin wolves can be hunted and killed beyond it's ability to self sustain.

The state of Wisconsin paid $214,794 for wolf depredation in 2012. How many families in Wisconsin will sit in wait for emergency housing, food, or medical care while the DNR wastes their money on a depredation program for a species that literally only just started to recover in numbers?

One of the uses of depredation programs is to diminish over populated species. According to the DNR wolves are over populated in Wisconsin, despite the 0.0086% distribution rate in their state (around 563 wolves distributed over 65,560 sq miles). For decades, the Endangered Species Act has used the following definitions to determine if a species is endangered: any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range

Millions of wolves used to range ALL of USA. Wolves only
exist in a handful of places in our country now. They have become
extinct in over 90% of the land they used to roam. If that's not a
significant portion of the wolves original range, what is? Also please take note that the US is 3,794,000 sq miles big. There
are less than 15,000 wild wolves in America right now, less than 600 of which exist in Wisconsin. How is that an over populated species?

Thanks to Judge Peter Anderson, Act 169 2.B.1. was temporarily set aside for a time in 2012, but that unfortunately didn't buy the wolves much time. We are now reaching out and asking you all to please help us eliminate Act 169 Section 2.B.1. FOR GOOD.

Sadly, Judge Anderson was pushed by the people to remove the injunction that he had set; but now- even more people will urge you all to do what ever possible to eliminate Act 169 Section B.2.1 PERMANENTLY.

If none of the above gets your attention perhaps this will: we the undersigned will boycott Wisconsin. We vow never to visit, vacation at, or support Wisconsin in anyway until action against DNR's Act 169 Section 2.B.1. is taken!

Sincerely,The Outraged Citizens of America

and

The Outraged Citizens of the World

Signed,

Krys Barnard

This petition closed about 2 years ago

How this will help

'"DNR wants to allow hounders to "train" their dogs on wolves with no restrictions right through the breeding, denning, and birthing seasons until the end of March. When pregnant females need to...

'"DNR wants to allow hounders to "train" their dogs on wolves with no restrictions right through the breeding, denning, and birthing seasons until the end of March. When pregnant females need to be preparing for the birth of their litters they will be harassed or even attacked by unlimited packs of vicious dogs. The fine print reads that they can "only" use packs of "six" dogs at a time to "train"but that they can switch out to new packs of dogs if the original pack gets tired. So essentially unlimited dogs will be allowed to go after wolves during this very sensitive time. The DNR even has the gall to call this a "reasonable fair-chase restriction." This is outrageous! In less than a month Wisconsin may be hunting and killing wolves/pregnant wolves/and possibly wolf cubs. To read more about this recent item added to the killer wish list of Act 169 Section 2B1 please check out this very informative article:

Regarding this statement: "Hunters will be paid up to $2,500 for each dog injured or killed by the wolf it is pursuing." The DNR recently decided not to compensate for dogs injured while pursuing wolves, but don't let them fool you! Hunters can still claim the money for dogs injured/killed by other predators and there's nothing stopping hunters from lying about how their dogs were hurt!

238 wolves were killed this hunting season, that alone is 30% of the Wisconsin wolf populationand doesn't include natural and unreported illegal deaths.

Please sign in support of RETRACTING DNR ACT 169 Section 2.B.1.!! And please sign in support of the statement that "we the undersigned will boycott Wisconsin. We vow never to visit, vacation at, or support Wisconsin in anyway until action against DNR's Act 169 Section 2.B.1. is taken!"

The state of Wisconsin paid $214,794 for wolf depredation in 2012. How many families in Wisconsin will sit in wait for emergency housing, food, or medical care while the DNR wastes their money on a depredation program for a species that literally only just started to recover in numbers?